Artificial Intelligence in Crop Water Management: A Path to Conservation and Productivity
暫譯: 作物水資源管理中的人工智慧：通往保育與生產力的道路

本書探討人工智慧在農業水資源管理和灌溉系統中的應用。內容涵蓋了以人工智慧驅動的方法，包括機器學習、深度學習和神經網絡，以優化作物生產中的水資源使用效率。文本討論了人工智慧與物聯網（IoT）、智慧感測器、遙感技術、地理資訊系統（GIS）和雲端平台的整合，以實現精準的水資源管理，並且：

- 提供全面的人工智慧在農業水資源管理中的應用，包括機器學習、深度學習、神經網絡和數據驅動的方法以優化灌溉。
- 檢視人工智慧與物聯網、智慧感測器、遙感技術、地理資訊系統和雲端系統的整合，以實現精準的水資源管理和作物生產中的即時監控。
- 通過人工智慧驅動的解決方案，針對氣候智慧型灌溉策略和抗旱農業進行探討，以實現可持續的水資源規劃和保護。
- 討論基於人工智慧的決策支持系統和自動化灌溉技術，包括用於水資源高效農業和提高作物生產力的機器人技術。
- 涵蓋大數據分析和人工智慧增強的預測方法，以預測水需求並優化可持續作物系統中的水資源使用效率。

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R. K. Naresh is affiliated with the Department of Agronomy, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has published more than 300 research papers in national and international journals and authored and edited more than 65 books covering topics including conservation agriculture, soil health management, integrated nutrient and pest management, and precision farming. His research focuses on crop management, resource conservation and climate-resilient agriculture. He has collaborated extensively with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), India, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), India and the Uttar Pradesh Council of Agricultural Research (UPCAR), India. He served as Nodal Officer of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Project for Western Uttar Pradesh, India.

R. K. Gupta is affiliated with Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. He earned his B.Sc. in Agriculture in 1983, M.Sc. in Soil Science in 1985, and Ph.D. in 1998 from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. His research focuses on integrated nutrient management, fertilizer use efficiency, crop residue management, and biochar technology in rice-wheat cropping systems. He has published 100 research articles, one review paper, four books, seven book chapters, four research bulletins, and 155 extension articles. He has handled 14 national and international projects and mentored 15 postgraduate students. He received the Ch. Devi Lal ICAR Award in 2010, the FAI Golden Jubilee Award for Excellence in Plant Nutrition in 2020, and the Prof. Manjeet S. Chinnan Distinguished Professor Chair Award in 2022 from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.

Rajbir Garg is affiliated with the Department of Agronomy, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. He earned his B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture in 1989 and M.Sc. in Agronomy in 1991 from CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India, and completed his Ph.D. in Agronomy from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India, in 1991. He began his career as Extension Agronomist in Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Haryana, India, in 1994. His research focuses on resource conservation technologies, crop diversification, weed management, paddy straw management, direct seeded rice, and water-saving technologies in rice-wheat cropping systems.

R. K. Sohane serves as Director of Extension Education at Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bihar, India. He holds a Master's and Doctoral degree in Animal Nutrition from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India. He has held administrative roles including Acting Vice Chancellor, Registrar, Director of Student Welfare, Nodal Officer for ICAR and RKVY, and Director of CAFT at Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bihar, India. He has organized national and international conferences, ICAR Summer Schools, and CAFT programs, and conducted 93 training programs benefiting over 8900 participants. He has represented India at workshops in Washington, D.C., USA, and at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines. His documentary "Umeed: A Hope" won Second Place at the 5th National Film Festival for Rural Development (2021) at NIRD, Hyderabad, India.

J. P. Singh is affiliated with the Department of Soil and Water Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He earned his B.Tech. in Agricultural Engineering from Allahabad Agricultural Institute, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, and M.Tech. and Ph.D. in Soil and Water Engineering from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He received the Jawahar Lal Nehru Award for best Ph.D. thesis from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, India, Commendation Medal from the Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE), India, Young Scientist Award, Kunwar Saxena Bahadur Award, Fellowship Award, Agricultural Engineering Division Medal, and Senior Research Fellowship from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India. He has guided 3 Ph.D. students and 14 M.Tech. students and published about 75 research papers. He is handling a FIST, DST funded project of Rs. 1.52 Crore for the Establishment of a State of Art Geospatial Lab.

O. P. Gupta serves as Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He served as founder Deputy Director (IT) and helped establish the School of Information Technology at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He received the PAU Meritorious Teacher Award (2009-10) for contributions to integrating information technologies in agricultural education and research. He has been instrumental in developing PAU's Information Superhighway in the University Data Centre. He is a member of the International Association of Engineers, Singapore, and the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA), USA.

Arun Kumar serves at the Livestock Research Station, Beechwal, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (RAJUVAS), Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. He earned his B.Sc. in Agriculture from Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology (MPUAT), Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, M.Sc. in Agronomy from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, and Ph.D. in Agronomy from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, in 2022. He received the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Senior Research Fellowship (SRF), India, Department of Science and Technology (DST) INSPIRE Fellowship, India, and qualified the ICAR National Eligibility Test (NET), India. His research focuses on crop physiology, nutrient management and weed science.

Shivam Gupta is affiliated with the Department of Computer Science and Automation, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. He completed his Ph.D. as Prime Minister Research Fellow in Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, Punjab, India. He earned his Bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sonepat, Haryana, India (Mentor Campus: NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana, India). His research interests include fairness in machine learning, recommender systems, federated learning, and game theory. He has published research in journals such as Springer and Taylor & Francis and in conferences such as AAMAS and ECAI.

Vineet Kumar serves at IIMT University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. He completed his B.Sc. in Agriculture, M.Sc. in Soil Science, and Ph.D. from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, between 2005 and 2016. He worked with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), India, from 2017 to 2021 on climate-resilient sustainable agriculture research. His research focuses on conservation agriculture, nutrient dynamics, residue management, vermicomposting, natural farming, and millet integration. He has published five books and 26 research papers in national and international journals. He serves as RAWE and Internship Coordinator at IIMT University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.

**R. K. Naresh** 目前隸屬於印度北方邦梅魯特的薩達爾·瓦拉巴巴伊·帕特爾農業與技術大學農藝學系。他在國內外期刊上發表了超過300篇研究論文，並撰寫和編輯了超過65本書籍，涵蓋保育農業、土壤健康管理、綜合營養與病蟲害管理以及精準農業等主題。他的研究重點在於作物管理、資源保護和氣候韌性農業。他與菲律賓國際稻米研究所（IRRI）、墨西哥國際玉米與小麥改良中心（CIMMYT）、印度半乾旱熱帶作物研究所（ICRISAT）、印度農業研究委員會（ICAR）及印度北方邦農業研究委員會（UPCAR）等機構有廣泛的合作。他曾擔任亞洲開發銀行（ADB）西北方邦項目的聯絡官。

**R. K. Gupta** 目前隸屬於印度旁遮普邦賈蘭達爾的美麗專業大學。他於1983年獲得農業學士學位，1985年獲得土壤科學碩士學位，並於1998年獲得旁遮普農業大學的博士學位。他的研究重點在於綜合營養管理、肥料使用效率、作物殘留管理和水稻-小麥輪作系統中的生物炭技術。他發表了100篇研究文章、一篇綜述論文、四本書籍、七個書章、四份研究公報和155篇推廣文章。他處理了14個國內外項目並指導了15名研究生。他於2010年獲得Ch. Devi Lal ICAR獎，2020年獲得FAI植物營養卓越金禧獎，並於2022年獲得旁遮普農業大學的Manjeet S. Chinnan傑出教授獎。

**Rajbir Garg** 目前隸屬於印度北方邦梅魯特的薩達爾·瓦拉巴巴伊·帕特爾農業與技術大學農藝學系。他於1989年獲得農業學士（榮譽）學位，1991年獲得農藝碩士學位，並於1991年在印度新德里的印度農業研究所獲得農藝博士學位。他於1994年開始在哈里亞納邦的農業科學中心（KVK）擔任推廣農藝師。他的研究重點在於資源保護技術、作物多樣化、雜草管理、水稻稻草管理、直播水稻及水資源節約技術。

**R. K. Sohane** 擔任印度比哈爾邦薩布爾的比哈爾農業大學推廣教育主任。他擁有來自印度烏塔拉坎德的G.B. Pant農業與技術大學的動物營養碩士和博士學位。他曾擔任多個行政職位，包括代理副校長、註冊官、學生福利主任、ICAR和RKVY的聯絡官，以及比哈爾農業大學CAFT的主任。他組織了國內外會議、ICAR夏季學校和CAFT計劃，並進行了93個培訓計劃，惠及超過8900名參與者。他曾在美國華盛頓D.C.和菲律賓國際稻米研究所（IRRI）參加研討會。他的紀錄片《Umeed: A Hope》在2021年印度海德拉巴的第五屆國家鄉村發展電影節中獲得第二名。

**J. P. Singh** 目前隸屬於印度旁遮普邦盧迪亞納的旁遮普農業大學農業工程學院土壤與水工程系。他在印度阿拉哈巴德農業學院獲得農業工程學士學位，並在旁遮普農業大學獲得土壤與水工程碩士和博士學位。他獲得了印度農業研究委員會（ICAR）頒發的最佳博士論文Jawahar Lal Nehru獎、印度農業工程師協會（ISAE）頒發的嘉獎勳章、青年科學家獎、Kunwar Saxena Bahadur獎、獎學金獎、農業工程部門獎章及印度科學與工業研究委員會（CSIR）頒發的高級研究獎學金。他指導了3名博士生和14名碩士生，並發表了約75篇研究論文。他目前負責一個由FIST和DST資助的1.52億盧比的項目，旨在建立一個先進的地理空間實驗室。

**O. P. Gupta** 擔任旁遮普農業大學電氣工程與資訊技術系主任。他曾擔任創始副主任（IT），並協助建立旁遮普農業大學的資訊技術學院。他因在農業教育和研究中整合資訊技術的貢獻而獲得PAU優秀教師獎（2009-10）。他在大學數據中心開發了PAU的資訊高速公路。他是新加坡國際工程師協會和美國計算機科學教師協會（CSTA）的成員。

**Arun Kumar** 目前在印度比卡內爾的拉賈斯坦獸醫與動物科學大學（RAJUVAS）畜牧研究站工作。他在拉賈斯坦農業學院獲得農業學士學位，在薩達爾·瓦拉巴巴伊·帕特爾農業與技術大學獲得農藝碩士學位，並於2022年在旁遮普農業大學獲得農藝博士學位。他獲得了印度農業研究委員會（ICAR）高級研究獎學金（SRF）、印度科學與技術部（DST）INSPIRE獎學金，並通過了ICAR國家資格考試（NET）。他的研究重點在於作物生理學、營養管理和雜草科學。

**Shivam Gupta** 目前隸屬於印度班加羅爾的印度科學研究院計算機科學與自動化系。他作為總理研究獎學金獲得者在印度理工學院（IIT）羅帕爾完成計算機科學與工程的博士學位。他在印度哈里亞納邦索內帕特的印度資訊技術學院獲得學士學位（導師校區：哈里亞納邦庫魯克舍特拉國立技術學院）。他的研究興趣包括機器學習中的公平性、推薦系統、聯邦學習和博弈論。他在Springer和Taylor & Francis等期刊以及AAMAS和ECAI等會議上發表了研究。

**Vineet Kumar** 目前在印度北方邦梅魯特的IIMT大學工作。他於2005年至2016年間在薩達爾·瓦拉巴巴伊·帕特爾農業與技術大學獲得農業學士、土壤科學碩士和博士學位。他於2017年至2021年在印度農業研究委員會（ICAR）從事氣候韌性可持續農業研究。他的研究重點在於保育農業、營養動態、殘留管理、蚯蚓堆肥、自然農法和小米整合。他在國內外期刊上發表了五本書籍和26篇研究論文。現在他在IIMT大學擔任RAWE和實習協調員。